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Crown Princess Of Norway Mette-Marit
March 11, 2010 - 11:28 pm - a priceless moment. :-)
March 11, 2010 - 8:32 pm - wow......tabik sy kt abg wazari..
The Assignment
Official Visit Of His Royal Highness Haakon Crown Prince of Norway and Her Royal Highness Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway to Malaysia.
( 7-10 March 2010 )
I just wanted to share with you my department responsibility when Head of State, or when there is an Official Visit from Royal members especially The King and The Queen or Crown Prince or Princess come to Malaysia, my department was responsible to make full coverage from the very first day they touch down at the airport until they leave our country. We are responsible to make an album for them, full of pictures during their visit here in Malaysia.
So in this case like the picture above, my department send two photographers to cover this event in Putrajaya where official welcoming ceremony was held. I have to rush from here and going up to Prime Minister office for another shot. In this kind of event we must work very fast, we have to know exactly the flow of the ceremony, so we can plan our movement, where to stay, where to get the best possible angle and when to move next. Our equipment must be in top notch condition, there is no room for an error and that’s why you see some of them carry more than one camera and like the picture above some of them even carry three camera with them.
Actually there is not much times to switch lens here, from wide angle lens to telephoto lens, there is not much time to fiddle with the camera and lenses , so by having two camera body with different lens attached will make our job easier and faster. We need to get the wide shot and also a tighter shot of the person involved especially the leaders and then we also need some wide shot to show where the event taking place and also to show the environment of those area but usually for Wired Agency they will prefer a tight shot of the leader to grace front page of a newspaper or for a website. Loose shot with the surrounding area will not have a strong impact if it was published on the internet, so a tighter shot will be more appealing to the viewer due to the small size of our picture on the internet or website.
But for my department, we need to show the whole story of the event, so we need both and we will printed both of the picture, a tighter shot and also a loose one where it shows the surrounding are where the event taking place, it is normal for this event for a photographers to use long telephoto lens like 300 mm up until 500 mm to get a tighter shot of the leader, just to let you know during the guard of honor inspection by the leader we are position quite far away so in order to get the best view, telephoto lens is a must have item. We can cropped from a short telephoto lens shot but it will lose some details so it is always better to get it tight in the camera rather than crop it later in Photoshop.
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Expressive Portraiture
Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people (a group portrait), in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person’s face, although the entire body and the background may be included. A portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the camera. ( Wikipedia )
I’ve to admit that I’m not a very good portrait photographer, and I don’t claimed as an expert in portrait photography, I’m far from it, in fact I don’t want to be an expert, I just want to do what I like or love to do without any string attached. I take photograph not to please anybody as long as it is not official job which I have to pleased my department, other than that I took photograph for myself, you may like or hate my photograph, everybody have their own voice, have their own opinion and have a different way of looking at things.
Great photograph to my eyes maybe bad in your eyes, a photograph that have strong emotional impact on me maybe nothing to your eyes. A photograph that can make me cry maybe have no impact on you. A portrait of a child does not get a lot of people attention compared to a portrait of a beautiful gorgeous lady. If I want to be popular, If I want to be famous, I will choose to photograph beautiful gorgeous lady every weekend. I don’t shoot to please anybody but myself.
When I took a picture of my son, I took it with my heart, I took a photograph of my son not as a photographer but as a father. I don’t know how to explain this but if you are a father yourself, you will understand what I mean here. I don’t go for cuteness but I will go and captured my son character, his expression, his emotion, his personality. I think a great portrait photography must have one of these element.
When I shoot for a portrait usually I will go or try to capture my subject expression, his or her emotion, or I f I shoot a model ( not a professional model, just a “model” for the shoot ) usually I will try to get her character, I want my subject to be who she or he is, smiling, happy looking face is not my favorite. A lot of people talk about eye contact, but for me personally a great portrait shot is not all about eye contact. You can have great portrait shot even if the subject does not look directly into the lens, for me I will prefer “Strong Eyes Expression”, a strong look, a sharp look, a deep look in the eyes of the beholder, that’s why people say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
So the next time you try to photograph someone, try to capture her or his personality, I know is it not easy but try to make your subject relax or feel at ease where possible, focus on the eyes, the eyes should be the main attraction here, you can recompose your shot but make sure your subject eyes is sharp, for me it doesn’t matter where your subject look but just get it sharp. The eyes can say so much about the character or the personality of your subject, get it right and when you look at the photograph and it goes straight into your heart, then you will know that your portrait shot is more than just ordinary.
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March 8, 2010 - 3:51 pm - i am a beginner.tq for the info.i like to take my daughter's pic.but, she move very fast.and it is hard to focus on her eyes.
March 6, 2010 - 2:34 pm - :-)
Photoshop Workshop | Kota Kinabalu Sabah
I will be in Kota Kinabalu Sabah from 13th to 20th March 2010 to visit my mothers-in-law or my wife family there, actually the whole family is coming here, me, my wife and my son, it’s been more than a year since my wife and my son came here in Kota Kinabalu. This coming school holiday, I think it is the right time to come and visit our family here. My son HaiQal is growing up already, and hopefully he will enjoy his holiday here.
While I was in Kota Kinabalu I will conducted a small or Mini Photoshop Editing Workshop fro a small group of people. I’ve done this Mini Photoshop Workshop quite a few times already in Kuala Lumpur. It is much easier for me to give full attention to the small group of people compared to large group of a people. Actually my Mini Workshop in Kota Kinabalu is almost full already, there are so many who wanted to join but I could not take so many people this time, maybe next time I will arrange with my friends in Kota Kinabalu to make better arrangement so many people can join.
To cut the story short, this is a few things that I will teach in my Mini Photoshop Workshop, hopefully those who attend will have some basic Photoshop experience since I will not teach basic of Photoshop but more on the intermediate one. So here’s a few things :
- I will teach from ACR, how to process from RAW file, basic editing in ACR or Adobe Camera RAW.
- Basic editing or global adjustment as a starting point.
- Color enhancement, how to boost color other than using “Contrast and Saturation”.
- How to use LAB color to boost contrast.
- Black and White – How to get a great tone and contrast in Black and White, there are many ways, I will show my way.
- Tone, how to get color tones that I use frequently in my flickr, Retro, Vintage, Classic Tones.
- Texture, introduction to Texture and how to play with Texture, blend mode and how Smart Object can help Texture Work.
- Sharpness. There are many ways to sharpen your image, I will show you some other way.
- For More information about The Workshops | Please contact Mr Azman Jumat phone number : 0 1 3 8 8 9 5 9 5 9
My Mini Photoshop Workshops are fully customize actually, the point that I mention above are just guideline for those who will attend my workshops. I don’t claim myself as an expert in Photoshop because I’m not a qualified or certified Adobe instructor but I will teach what I know best from my experience using Photoshop since 2001. Most of my Photoshop works are more on enhancement except for TEXTURE work, because for texture work there is outside material involve that are not in the original photograph, we add texture into the photograph, so other than that it is enhancement not manipulation.
About the color tone in my photograph, even though I change the overall colors in the picture or it is no longer as an original colors, the content is still the same, I did not change anything about the content of the picture, I just give it a tone to make it more interesting. Knowing how to use Photoshop is one thing and know when to use it, is another thing. I work in Photojournalism line where most of my work doesn’t need Photoshop or editing at all, maybe we use Photoshop just for cropping here and there and enhance colors a bit, just that, nothing more, in fact I rarely need Photoshop doing my day to day job. I can edit my picture in the camera, just delete the bad picture and keep the good one, back in the office, downloaded it into the computer, burn a DVD and I’m done.
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March 4, 2010 - 11:13 am - Salam untuk semua.Mengenai maklumat mini workshop tu adalah seperti berikut: Tarikh : 18hb Mac 2010 Masa : Bermula jam 10.00am (5 hingga 7 jam bersama anda) Tempat : Sekitar Kota Kinabalu (lokasi akan saya inbox/email kepada peserta yang telah membayar yuran) Yuran : RM200.00
March 4, 2010 - 9:32 am - can't wait to meet u here bro :D
March 4, 2010 - 1:31 am - Zizan, Terima kasih kerana berminat, workshop ni hanya untuk small group sahaja walaupun posternya besar, dalam group seramai lima hingga tujuh orang sahaja, hanya editing tanpa melibatkan shooting atau mengambil gambar, saudara boleh berhubung dengan Azman Jumat tentang detailnya kerana saya belum ada maklumat lanjut darinya sama ada dah penuh ataupun belum, terima kasih kerana berminat...
March 4, 2010 - 12:48 am - dimana,jam brapa,brapa nak bayar?
Kampung Boy
I’ve nothing much to write here but just wanted to share with you a picture taken in 2008 at my Father-in-law house in Kuala Penyu Sabah, approximately two hours drive from Kota Kinabalu. My son can’t walk at the time this picture is taken, he can stand for a few minutes but will fall down once he took his first step, it was easier to take a photograph of him then than now. My Father-in-law village can be considered as backward, very few development here, most of the times we have to rely on the rain for our water supply and when it doesn’t rain, life can be tough.
For a photography purpose, this is a great place, rustic, charm and peaceful, I did not have many opportunity to do my photography things then because we are busy visiting friends and relatives because it was Eid-ulFitri then. I live and grown up here in Kuala Lumpur, a busy city night and day and it is good to have a “kampung” or a village to unwind and I think it is also good for my son development, at least he will have some place to escape from hustle and bustle of a city centre. I think in life we need to have a Balance…
Photoshop Editing | Tone | Before & After
Some people like the original while I like a little bit of an enhancement. Just to let you know especially those who just knowing me and my photography, usually I will shoot RAW or NEF when taking picture of my son. I use JPG for my official assignment, why not RAW you may ask, simply because our Department will have a problem with RAW files in term of handling and storage, so JPG is better and efficient. Why I shoot RAW, because I like editing, I like to spend my time doing editing, I’ve so much free time actually.
About the picture above, I know the editing version is not a cup of coffee or tea for anyone, some of you may not like the “yellow” version like the edited one, some of you may like the original, you may like coffee and I may like tea, there is no point arguing about that. So to those of you who like the edited one and wanted to know how I do the editing then read on.
I use Curve to get the tone, I did not use channel mixer or play with hue and saturation, I did not play with selective color in photoshop but I use Curve, I use RGB curve to get this tone. If you have some basic color understanding, using curve is much fun than using hue and saturation or channel mixer. Under Curve menu in Photoshop, there is RGB, so adjust The RGB accordingly or separately. Usually people will just play with the RGB, all three together but let’s try to separate them and adjust it individually, adjust RED, GREEN and BLUE separately. Just Click the RGB Curve dialogue box and choose the Channel individually.
That’s the tips of the iceberg, if you want to know more, get my eBook about Photoshop Color Tone, as simple as that or you can save your money by experimenting it yourself. I’ve already give you the tip…
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February 27, 2010 - 11:34 pm - tqs for the tips n the ebooks bro, now i can understand not much but at least i know how.. i just need more experiment n explore the fun of using Curves :D
Photoshop Texture Editing
Just wanted to share a quick post here. During Super Friends Penang Outing, I’ve shared few of my editing technique to those who are interested there, among other thing is how to blend texture when the background is BLACK. Just like the picture of A. Samad Said our National Laureate above. Let’s get straight to the point here, I use Screen blending mode here, simply because if I use Soft Light blending mode like I always do, the texture will not “Touch” the black area, meaning the black will remain black. If you don’t believe me, try it, use Screen blending option if you want to blend a texture into BLACK area.
Super Friends Penang Street Outing
Rumah Siap Pahat Berbunyi, itu pepatah yang biasa kita dengar. Pertama sekali saya ingin beritahu sebenarnya saya sendiri pun tak tahu yang saya dimasukkan dalam group “Super Friends” sehinggalah keluar Poster atau pun Ikon “Super Friends” di Facebook, tengok punya tengok nama saya ada di situ sebagai Batman, dorang semua pun takde inform saya pasal apa2, saya cuma diam jer la, dorang PM dalam Facebook pun saya tak balas, menolak pun tidak, nak join pun tidak.
Reason utama saya tak balas PM dorang semua pasal saya tak berani janji boleh turun Penang pada masa yang ditetapkan, kerja saya tak menentu, tak lama lepas tu ada la dorang contact saya tanya macam mana dengan saya, still saya tak jawab, duk diam jugak. Dipendekkan cerita saya amat berterima kasih dengan semua member “Super Friends”, Chot, Kuku Besi, Manic Mind, Shazli dan Black kerana membawa saya masuk ke dalam group “Super Friends” saya bukanlah hebat mana pun tapi saya tertarik dengan idea penubuhan group ni untuk mendekatkan khalayak jurufoto Satu Malaysia dengan mengunjungi dari satu negeri ke satu negeri.
Ramai yang tanya saya melalui FB, “jadi tak ke Penang” tapi saya tak jawab, duk senyap jer, hinggalah hari terakhir iaitu Hari Jumaat barulah saya bagitau yang saya akan berada di Pulau Pinang, tiket pun beli last minit. Terima kaih pada Manic Mind kerana membeli tiket untuk saya. Maka tepat jam 11 malam saya berdua dengan Manic Mind pun bertolaklah ke Pulau Pinang dengan bas.
Sebelum saya memberikan pendapat saya tentang perkara berbangkit walaupun hantu kubur tak bangkit pada hari itu, saya ingin mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih pada Black dan Azrie Nasrie yang menjemput saya dan Manic Mind di Hentian Bas Sungai Nibong seawal jam 3:30am pagi, bukan senang nak jumpa kawan yang boleh layan kita seawal jam 3:30am pagi sedang ramai manusia tidur lena. Lepas tu kita orang terus berjumpa dengan group dari K.L, di mana saya tak pasti tapi dekat tepi laut la. Saya Tak biasa area Penang.
Memandangkan tiba dah agak lewat, saya dan Manic Mind ambil keputusan untuk tidak “Check In” di Hotel, so kita ppun duk la layan Black dengan Azrie sampai pagi, tidur pun tak cukup, tapi kerana nak berjumpa dengan member-member dari Penang, digagahkan juga, tidur dalam bas manalah lena sangat. macam-macam ingat dalam kepala masa naik bas, nak naik Kapal terbang tiket dah mahal sangat.
Terus kepada topik yang berbangkit, antara lain tentang Masa, secara peribadi memang saya akui kami tidak berapa cekap dari segi pengurusan masa, agak banyak masa terbuang sewaktu pengagihan baju dan tentang baju tak cukup, rasanya KB dah jawab di Page Super Friends di facebook, so tak perlulah saya huraikan di sini. InsyaAllah kami akan perbaiki dari segi pengurusan masa, di sini saya ingin mohon maaf secara peribadi dan juga sebagi Super Friends saya mintak maaf kerana gagal memanfaatkan masa. InsyaAllah kami akan perbaiki tentang perkara ini di masa akan datang.
Perkara utama yang ingin saya nyatakan di sini ialah isu, “Otai dengan Otai” dan “Newbie dengan Newbie”. First sekali saya bukan “Otai”. Seperti mana yang kita tahu, konsep Super Friends di Penang ialah “Outing dan Sharing”. Ada terdengar keluhan yang mengatakan “Otai shoot dengan Otai sahaja” dan “Newbie dengan Newbie Sahaja”. Saya nampak perkara ni berlaku. Masa saya mula-mula sampai sewaktu menanti kehadiran para peserta saya duk la tunggu kut2 ada peserta nak datang sembang, ada la sorang dua yang datang berjumpa saya, yang lain tu, dengan group masing-masing.
Kami dalam group Super Friends ada pengalaman fotografi yang berbeza-beza, jadi pandai-pandailah orang yang baru berjinak-jinak dengan dunia fotografi untuk berjumpa dengan sesiapa sahaja yang dirasakan sesuai dengan minat dan cita rasa mereka, promosi Super Friends pun rasanya dalam tempoh sebulan jugak dan dah tentu para peserta tahu pengalaman fotografi Ahli Super Friends.
Problemnya tak ramai yang ingin datang bertanya, sebaliknya ramai peserta yang lebih selesa dengan group masing-masing, apa salahnya datang berjumpa kita, tanya apa yang ingin diketahui, apa yang ingin dikongsi, tapi malang sekali, hanya sedikit yang datang bertanyakan soalan itu dan ini, mungkin segan agaknya, kalau segan, memang rugilah jawabnya. Saya akui semasa outing saya banyak follow Black, sebabnya saya tak tahu flow atau laluan yang akan diikuti, kalau saya nak lead sendiri boleh jadi sesat pulak nanti, so terpaksalah saya follow Black untuk memudahkan perjalanan.
Dalam perkara ini saya akui, pengurusan agak lemah, insyaAllah di masa akan datang kita akan cuba buat untuk 2 hari, di mana pada seblah malam sebelum berlangsung outing kita akan adakan sedikit perbincangan dengan semua peserta, selesaikan apa masalah yang ada supaya perjalanan esok harinya berjalan lancar, tetapi perkara utama yang perlu diingati ialah outing ni bukannya satu Pertandingan Fotografi, walaupun ada “Pertandingan” tapi itu bukanlah tujuan utama kita, tujuan kita adalah untuk beramah mesra dan sharing ilmu yang ada dengan peminat fotografi semua.
Para peserta terutamanya dari Penang sepatutnya mengambil kesempatan yang ada untuk bertemu kita, bertanya tentang apa yang kurang faham, insyaAllah apa yang kita tahu, kita akan share, kalau duk diam dengan group masing-masing, macam mana kita nak tau, lagipun kami semua tak tau skill semua peserta, tak dinafikan ada yang lebih bagus dari kami semua, pendek kata, jangan segan untuk bertanya, ambillah kesempatan yang ada, saya sendiri pun tak banyak shoot tapi lebih “relaks” supaya kalau ada yang ingin bertanya saya boleh jawab, problemnya sekali lagi tak ramai yang nak bertanya, semua dengan hal masing-masing.
Sepatutnya peserta dari Penang tidak terlalu menumpukan atau menghabiskan masa untuk shoot di sekitar Penang, sebabnya, bila-bila pun you all boleh shoot pasal you all memang dari Penang, bukan nak pergi mana pun, sebaliknya para peserta perlu ambil kesempatan untuk medapatkan sebanyak mana ilmu yang boleh dikongsi dari kami sebanyak mungkin, insyaAllah, saya bukan kedekut ilmu, sama juga dengan semua member Super Friends, kami tidak lokek ilmu, cuma buku eBook saya tu kena la beli.
Bukanlah tujuan saya untuk mencari kesalahan sesiapa, saya mengaku, saya juga banyak buat silap masa outing, walaupun jadual saya agak sibuk, saya cuba juga untuk hadirkan diri, walaupun tidur tak cukup, tetap saya gagahkan kaki melayan street shooting walaupun gambar yang saya rakamkan tidaklah bagus mana pasal saya tak terlalu menumpukan perhatian untuk shooting tapi ”make myself available” for everybody. Kalau saya leka shooting, memang saya tak ingat orang lain dah, saya dengan dunia saya sendiri, so saya shoot just for fun.
Akhir kata saya ingin memohon maaf andai kata ada terkasar bahasa atau ada kelakuan saya yang kurang menyenangkan sewaktu outing di Penang tempoh hari, saya hanya manusia biasa, biasa buat silap dan insyaAllah saya akan perbaiki diri, kelemahan sebagai manusia memang tak dapat dielakkan tapi insyaAllah boleh dikurangkan.
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February 26, 2010 - 1:12 am - Afif : Terima kasih sahabat, insyaAllah, ada lagi eBook bakal menyusul, cuma kekangan masa menyebabkan banyak yang tertangguh, insyaAllah dalam masa terdekat saya akan buat eBook pasal Texture dan kemudian mungkin tentang Black and White. Semua maklumat ni boleh di dapati dengan banyaknya di internet cuma saya akan persembahkan dengan cara saya sendiri. Tentang rahsia photography dan sebagainya saya akan tulis di blog saya dari masa ke masa. Sebenarnya takde rahsia apapun, cuma mungkin dari segi pengalaman sahaja.
February 26, 2010 - 12:36 am - Salam Wazari~~ rase rugi xdapat join skali ke Penang..maklumlah saye kerja shift ni memg susah sket nk dapat cuti...xdapat jgk jumpa saudara ntk kte kenal lebih rapat n tanya pengalaman saudara tentang rahsia photography...InsyaAllah, diizinkanNya, kota akan berjumpa jgk...walupn saye da ade eBook saudara...hehehe...cume nk tau ade x keluaran untuk edisi yang baru? Salam -afif-
February 25, 2010 - 9:27 am - Salam Sahabat..dah pun saya baca apa yang sahabat tulis..bermakna sangat..dan ini jugak boleh dijadikan pedoman kepada sapa sahaja yang lepas ni nak adakan outing atau sebagai..terima kasih atas ruangan keluh kesah ini..bukan utk merungut bagi saya ini akan meng"improve"kan semua pihak.
February 25, 2010 - 1:57 am - nmpak wazari tgh jln time kat penang arituh..tp sy tak join group superfriends punya outing arituh..saje bercuti ngan kwn2 di penang..penang mmg lokasi yg sy terbaik untuk shoot gambar..tak kire landscape atau pun street..penang mmg best..
Photoshop Editing | Before and After
I’m not a businessman and because of that I don’t know about marketing, about promotion, about getting attention, maybe because I’m not a full time working on my own as a photographer, I’ve another income, so I don’t need to worry about promotion. What the heck am I talking here? Am I supposed to talk about before and after editing? Yes, it’s true but the purpose is to sell my eBook, I’m not being hypocrite here, this post is all about selling my eBook, I’m sorry about that. I hope you don’t mind.
But I will give you something free, you don’t need to pay for this tips. Just read on. Ok, like I’ve wrote in my previous article, I did shoot most of my son pictures in RAW Format or NEF for Nikon camera. As you can see from the top picture, it is RAW file, unedit, I just convert the RAW file to JPG, as you can see it here, I can’t upload and Share RAW files here, you can’t see it unless I use screen capture but the quality will be loss, so I just convert my NEF or RAW file into JPG in Photoshop, just that, no other editing.
As you can see from my original file, the Bokeh is real, I’ve never “Fake” my Bokeh, it is real Bokeh from my camera. It was very easy to get Bokeh if you know some basic camera operation, use wide open aperture, like f2.8 or f1.8 and make sure that your subject and the background are a distance apart, like my son picture above, the distance between my son and the background is somewhere around hundreds meters. I did not use reflector here and just like every picture of my son, I’ve never use reflector to fill the light into my son face. The tricks is to know where the lighting is coming from and play with it. The lighting is a bit harsh actually, that’s why I need to find a shade area for my son, by now you should get the “tips”.
About the editing, the first thing I do is open my picture in ACR or Adobe Camera RAW and just make some “Global Adjustment” or general adjustment, like brightness and contrast, simple editing basically. Then opening my picture in Photoshop, duplicate another layer with the same picture, so now I have two layers with the same picture. After that I change the top layer blending option from “Normal” to “Soft Light”. That’s how I got a “Lively” green Bokeh back there, can you see the difference? Just two layer with “Soft Light” blending option makes all the difference but I’m not finished yet.
“Soft Light” blending option for portrait have it “drawback”, meaning that most of the time the face will get too saturated, and doesn’t look natural, so in order to prevent this from happening, I need to apply “layer mask”to the face, I don’t need the face to get over saturated, so I “mask” it and just let the background to get all the effect of “Soft light” and leave the face just like original.
After masking the face, then I just flatten the image and then combine it with the Tone, actually with “Soft Light” blending option you can finish your editing already but if you want something different, that’s where the Tone come into play. How to tone the picture, get my eBook like I’ve told you in my first paragraph.
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February 22, 2010 - 8:33 pm - Ahmad Azrul : Terima kerana singgah di Blog saya, pertama sekali, saya tak pernah mempromosikan Workshop Rarindra beberapa tahun yang lepas, cumanya saya pernah menggunakan ayatnya ataupun pernah membuat sedikit ulasan berkenaan dengan Workshop yang dijayakan oleh semasa Photography Exhibition di Times Square kalau tak silap. Saya tertarik dengan cara penyampaiannya. Tentang pendapat saya secara peribadi tentang menjemput Rarindra Prakarsa sebagai fasilitator ke Malaysia, saya rasa adalah satu perkembangan yang sihat, perkongsian ilmu yang sihat. Di Malaysia pun ramai yang hebat, ramai yang berbakat dan ramai juga yang sering melakukan Workshop persendirian dari masa ke masa dan oleh kerana ada penganjur yang berjaya membawa masuk Rarindra ke Malaysia bagi saya adalah perkembangan yang sihat, banyak yang boleh kita belajar darinya, daripada kejayaannya. Bagi saya secara peribadi tiada salahnya untuk menambahkan ilmu dari sesiapa sahaja asalkan ianya mendatangkan kebaikan.
February 19, 2010 - 12:31 pm - Thanks bro for the tip. Saya selalu juga main dengan blending option ni.. Soft light ataupun overlay memang pilihan terbaik.. Cuma belum dapat feel dgn color2 tone ni. Masih dalam try & error.
February 19, 2010 - 10:07 am - sdr wazir, apakah pendapat sdr tentang workshop fotografi yg mendatangkan host terkenal Rarindra Prakasa sebagai fasilitator. Jika tidak salah sdr wazir pernah mempromosi workshop yg seumpama ini beberapa thn yg lepas.
Heavy Responsibility
As you can see my son is getting heavy. It’s an anaerobic exercise to carry him around, well, maybe it’s good for my thigh and overall body but one thing for sure I will get very tired after a day carrying him around. Even though my son can walk but if we take him in the city, in the crowded area, in the shopping mall for an example, I will not let my son to walk, he like to run and if you are parent yourself, you will know that a child like my son age like to run a lot, like to play hide and seek and shopping mall is not a friendly place to play that game, instead we must play safe.
I did carry a camera whenever I took my son going out, sometimes I take a picture while some other time the camera just remain in the bag depending on the situation. Photo on the top was taken in the busy area of Jalan Masjid India Kuala Lumpur where there is row of textile shops there. It can make a beautiful background if you play the bokeh nicely. Actually it is not a good place to take a picture, it is not a beautiful place in the first place, it is crowded and not so clean environment but if you want to have a nice colorful bokeh, a crowded area with lot’s of colorful environment, it is a good place.
When I’m going out with my family, usually I will only take 50mm lens with me, it’s light and with that lens attach to my camera body I can easily put it in my bag, in fact any kind of bag and just to let you know I don’t like to carry a “camera bag” with me when I’m going out. I don’t want to look like as a working photographer on assignment, instead I will put my camera in normal small backpack.
Flash? No I don’t carry flash when I’m going out. I like to se natural light and for my kind of editing, I mean the tone, using natural light will give a best result. If you have a very sharp eye, the editing on my top picture and below picture is not the same. It’s a little bit different, heavy editing was done for my top picture while minor editing for the below picture.
A crowded colorful background is great for colorful bokeh in photography while a simple background also work great to let viewers concentrate on your picture where it matters. It can be tricky when shooting against a white cloudless sky like the picture below. Most of the times you will underexpose your subject. The best thing when dealing with this kind of situation is to use “Spot Meter” in your camera. Take the reading from the face of the person you want photograph. The background will be blown out, that’s ok, the plain white background is not important as your subject and the good thing when playing with the tone is that you can filled the white area with yellow tint to get your picture a warmth kind of a feeling.
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